Is Dr. Jane Foster back?After appearing in the first twoThormovies, Oscar winner Natalie Portman bowed out of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and didn’t return as Chris Hemsworth’s love interest for 2017’sThor: Ragnarok. But the actress sent Marvel fans into a frenzy on Monday when she mysteriously showed up to the Los Angeles premiere ofAvengers: Endgame.Portman, 37, last appeared in 2013’sThor: The Dark World,which makes her showing up to theEndgamecarpet a little suspicious — and fans immediately picked up on it.“Natalie Portman is at the #AvengersEndgame premiere!? Please tell me they bring Dr. Jane Foster back,”one Twitter user wrote.Rob Latour/REX/ShutterstockBut while most were freaking out about her possibly being in the movie, another fan theorized that she would be the key to ending it all.“natalie portman omg jane is going to defeat thanos,” the fan wrote, jokingly speculating that Portman’s character would be the one to kill bad guy Thanos (Josh Brolin).WATCH: Game On! Natalie Portman and Her Son Aleph, 7, Take in the Lakers from Courtside SeatsEndgamewill clock in at three hours and two minutes, making it the longest Marvel movie yet. In a new interview withVulture, the screenwriters of the film, Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, insist the film is as “lean” in its runtime as possible.“It’s exactly as long as it needs to be,” McFeely said. “Any shorter and it would have felt like we weren’t honoring all the threads and franchises that are feeding into this climax.”The movie will follow the events of last year’sAvengers: Infinity War, with the remaining Avengers taking on Thanos after he erased half the universe’s population.Avengers: Endgameis in theaters Friday.

Is Dr. Jane Foster back?

After appearing in the first twoThormovies, Oscar winner Natalie Portman bowed out of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and didn’t return as Chris Hemsworth’s love interest for 2017’sThor: Ragnarok. But the actress sent Marvel fans into a frenzy on Monday when she mysteriously showed up to the Los Angeles premiere ofAvengers: Endgame.

Portman, 37, last appeared in 2013’sThor: The Dark World,which makes her showing up to theEndgamecarpet a little suspicious — and fans immediately picked up on it.

“Natalie Portman is at the #AvengersEndgame premiere!? Please tell me they bring Dr. Jane Foster back,”one Twitter user wrote.

Rob Latour/REX/Shutterstock

Natalie Portman

But while most were freaking out about her possibly being in the movie, another fan theorized that she would be the key to ending it all.

“natalie portman omg jane is going to defeat thanos,” the fan wrote, jokingly speculating that Portman’s character would be the one to kill bad guy Thanos (Josh Brolin).

WATCH: Game On! Natalie Portman and Her Son Aleph, 7, Take in the Lakers from Courtside Seats

Endgamewill clock in at three hours and two minutes, making it the longest Marvel movie yet. In a new interview withVulture, the screenwriters of the film, Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, insist the film is as “lean” in its runtime as possible.

“It’s exactly as long as it needs to be,” McFeely said. “Any shorter and it would have felt like we weren’t honoring all the threads and franchises that are feeding into this climax.”

The movie will follow the events of last year’sAvengers: Infinity War, with the remaining Avengers taking on Thanos after he erased half the universe’s population.

Avengers: Endgameis in theaters Friday.

source: people.com